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- Feb 24, 2016
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Dude, relax.
I was poking fun, but never seriously questioned your loyalty. This is a sports bar atmosphere and that's how we roll around here. However, if donkey accuses you of sitting when you pee, he's totally serious and you should sue for defamation.
While interlaced with some truth, my posturing was really just ridiculous grandstanding to play along with the mystique of my rank. I thought my sarcasm was obvious enough. Maybe I need to use more emojis? Many current and former military folks here will bust chops in a similar fashion, but none of us take it seriously.
Great Av! I wish I kept my SI copy. I was in HS when Pell and Peace made UF football fun to watch again. I grew up 1 mile from Florida Field, so I could hear the roar of the crowd from my front yard if I couldn't go with my dad to the game.
As for the hate, uga is more than a rival. They're arrogant enough to believe they're the classy team and SOS is an arrogant jerk who ran up the score. The truth is uga set the bar low when it comes to classless behavior and their blatant hypocrisy is probably a huge reason UF fans will point back to the 40s (and even further) when explaining our disdain for the butt sniffers. But you do you.
All’s well, Master Chief! There is a mystique about your rank, so I say play off it as much as you can.
I grew up in Lakeland and remember watching Wayne Peace play there and at UF. I think he played hoops in high school with Rick Strawbridge who played hoops at UF. Seems like the same era to me.
Nothing was better than having SOS and his total disdain for our rivals. None of us will forget him talking about having “half a hundred” on UGA between the hedges.
Semper Par